Workforce Planing
Introduction
Workforce planning is a term used to describe the planning process undertaken to ensure an organisation has the right people, with the right skills, at the right time. It is simply a methodical process that documents the directions in which a work area is heading and provides managers with a tool for making human resource decisions now and into the future. Planning human resource requirements is one of the biggest challenges for businesses and their leaders, and takes into account not only the human resource factors, but ties this in to overall strategic plans, financial and budget considerations, environmental issues and legislative requirements/regulations and governance.
Workforce Planning Definitions
Workforce Planning
Is the business process for ensuring that an organization has suitable access to talent (potential candidates that have the ability to undertake required activities including decisions making) to ensure future business success? Access to talent includes considering all potential resources (employment, contracting out, partnerships, changing business activities to modify the types of talent required, etc.). The cycle of workforce planning includes filling resource requests, analysing resource utilization, forecasting capacity, managing and identifying the resources (human) to fill that capacity, and then restarting the cycle.
Strategic Workforce Planning
Is the framework applied for Workforce Planning and Workforce Development, where the links between corporate and strategic objectives and their associated workforce implications are demonstrated? Strategic Workforce Planning takes into account the projected loss of knowledge through employee exits and the projected knowledge requirements for sustaining and progressing the business. Knowledge requirements may include technology, new skills, new roles, and documentation of key workforce intelligence or new business demands.
Operational Workforce Planning
Is initially
Workforce planning is a term used to describe the planning process undertaken to ensure an organisation has the right people, with the right skills, at the right time. It is simply a methodical process that documents the directions in which a work area is heading and provides managers with a tool for making human resource decisions now and into the future. Planning human resource requirements is one of the biggest challenges for businesses and their leaders, and takes into account not only the human resource factors, but ties this in to overall strategic plans, financial and budget considerations, environmental issues and legislative requirements/regulations and governance.
Workforce Planning Definitions
Workforce Planning
Is the business process for ensuring that an organization has suitable access to talent (potential candidates that have the ability to undertake required activities including decisions making) to ensure future business success? Access to talent includes considering all potential resources (employment, contracting out, partnerships, changing business activities to modify the types of talent required, etc.). The cycle of workforce planning includes filling resource requests, analysing resource utilization, forecasting capacity, managing and identifying the resources (human) to fill that capacity, and then restarting the cycle.
Strategic Workforce Planning
Is the framework applied for Workforce Planning and Workforce Development, where the links between corporate and strategic objectives and their associated workforce implications are demonstrated? Strategic Workforce Planning takes into account the projected loss of knowledge through employee exits and the projected knowledge requirements for sustaining and progressing the business. Knowledge requirements may include technology, new skills, new roles, and documentation of key workforce intelligence or new business demands.
Operational Workforce Planning
Is initially